Psa 42 | CPDV | STEP | A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.

Psalms 42

Judica me, Deus.

The prophet aspires after the temple and altar of God.

1 A Psalm of David.

Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy;
rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
2 For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me?
And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?
3 Send forth your light and your truth.
They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.
4 And I will enter, up to the altar of God,
to God who enlivens my youthfulness.
To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.
5 Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me?
Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him:
the salvation of my countenance and my God. ^{▼▼42:5The Clementine Vulgate has only five verses in Psalm 42. Therefore, the CPDV uses the same arrangement. Other versions arrange the same words into six verses for this Psalm.(Conte)}